Hi guys n girls. Just a little bit of info regarding sidelights for the mk2 octy fl. I had my car motd yesterday and the mot tester failed it because he said my sidelights weren’t working, I told him that my car doesn’t have working sidelights as my drls are my sidelights,  they were having none of it insisting that my car should have working sidelights. So I came home googled it n sure enough this subject has been covered on here a while ago. So I rang Skoda direct and the guy I spoke to confirmed that the drls are the sidelights and gave me the following info: drls maybe combined with other lamps, for example some manufacturers use the same lamp for both the drl and the position lamp. In these cases the drl automatically dims to function as a lower intensity position lamp when the headlamps are turned on. Thought this may help other people who come across dim witted mot testers who think they know everything! 

Is yours a vRS model?

 

My 2012 FL (non-vRS) has separate sidelights at the top of the headlamp units. And separate DRLs at the sides of the fog lights.

Edited 17 November, 20205 yr by Phil-E

Yes mine is the vrs, but my sidelights aren’t wired in, if yours are wired in then they should be working. As of February 2011 any car fitted with the drls have to actually work.  ( according to gov.)

Then you're correct. The vRS definitely just uses the LED DRLs as the sidelights.

 

And yes my DRLs and sidelights both work.

 

It's the same over in Germany with regards to DRLs. I think it was actually an EU regulation that all cars from 2012 have to have them.

I knew I was right at the time but try telling the mot guys that mate!!  From what else I was told it was cheaper for Skoda to just put some bulbs in the sidelights rather than blank it off